ei as in protein
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ceiling
conceit conceive counterfeit deceit deceive perceive protein receipt receive sheila Weipa |
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caffeine, codeine, either, leisure, neither, receipt
Yes, I left these words out of this list because in Australian English the first vowel in “leisure” is a “short e” as in red (the same goes for the word “heifer”, I don’t know how you pronounce that), there are two pronunciations of “either” and “neither” (as in the Ella and Louis song here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K75g7eRhH9M), plus the spelling of /n/ as “ne” is an unusual one, but I do have a list of such words.
Weird?
I say that ‘eir’ as /ear/ and classify it with ‘weir’ here: https://www.spelfabet.com.au/spelling-lists/sorted-by-sound/ear/eir-as-in-weird. Maybe it’s different in your accent and would fit with ‘ei’ as in ‘protein’, but Aussies don’t say an /r/ in ‘weird’